bdnews24.com :
Bangladesh has registered seven new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the toll to 27,946.
The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,573,711 after 253 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8 am on Friday, according to the latest government data.
Dhaka recorded the most cases and deaths among the eight divisions, logging 202 infections and six fatalities.
Nationwide, another 298 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,537,816.
As many as 18,124 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.40 percent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.72 percent and the mortality rate at 1.78 percent.
Globally, over 256.12 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 5.13 million have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories
since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
UNB adds: Bangladesh logged seven more Covid-linked deaths and 253 fresh infections in 24 hours till Friday morning, according to Directorate General of Health Services.
Of the deceased three were men and four women, said DGHS.
The daily-case positivity rate increased to 1.40 from Thursday’s 1.25 per cent. The fresh numbers took the total fatalities to 27,946 while the country’s caseload mounted to 15, 73,711, said DGHS.
Dhaka division logged six Covid-related deaths while Chattogram division logged one during the period, it said. However, the mortality rate remained static at 1.78 per cent.
The fresh cases were detected after testing 18,124 samples, the DGHS added.
Besides, the recovery rate remained the same as 97.72 per cent with the recovery of 294 more patients during the 24-hour period.
